In the book Fiona possesses a book-like machine that holds all libraries, TV shows, and human knowledge. The development team found the name so appropriate that they lobbied to make it the device's actual name, but Bezos preferred Kindle.

Amazingly, another Amazon store listed the same book for more than $18 million. The prices spiraled out of control because both stores had set algorithms to ensure that their product was always priced slightly higher than the other's.

19.The company lost $4.8 million in August 2013, when its website went down for 40 minutes.